{"id":38294,"date":"2014-04-05T13:38:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T20:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=38294"},"modified":"2014-04-05T14:49:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T21:49:32","slug":"black-beats-brick-in-apu-spring-scrimmage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=38294","title":{"rendered":"Black Beats Brick in APU Spring Scrimmage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_38302\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/075.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38302\" class=\" wp-image-38302 \" alt=\"Ed Dilihunt makes a great catch for the Brick!\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/075-595x768.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"604\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed Dilihunt makes a great catch for the Brick!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Azusa Pacific University) \u2013 The Black squad rallied to beat Brick 21-20 Saturday in the annual Azusa Pacific Spring scrimmage.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38303\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/062.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38303\" class=\" wp-image-38303  \" alt=\"Andrew Elfers escapes the rush and lead the Black to victory.\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/062-616x768.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"583\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Ellfers escapes the rush and leads the Black to victory.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Andrew Elffers led the comeback from a 20-6 deficit throwing a pair of touchdown passes. He also ran in the conversion for the 21-20 win late in the contest. Nick Owens played quarterback for the Brick squad and also threw a couple of TD strikes.<\/p>\n<p>The scrimmage is a chance for APU players to get their first test\u00a0to compete in full helmet and pads. It&#8217;s also an opportunity for the alumni and fans to see a glimpse of the upcoming team. Former APU star Luke Marquardt was one of the former palyers on hand to check out the team. Marquardt is trying to make the team with the San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s all about having fun out here today. It&#8217;s just good to be out here. It&#8217;s football season,\u201d said Azusa Pacific Coach Victor Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>For former Maranatha quarterback Elffers he&#8217;s keeps on working to improve every day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38304\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/043.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38304\" class=\" wp-image-38304 \" alt=\"NIck Owens back in form for the Cougars\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/043-634x768.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"566\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NIck Owens back in form for the Cougars<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m just trying to get better as a quarterback,\u201d Elffers said. \u201cBetter on reads, throws, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38305\" style=\"width: 478px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38305\" class=\" wp-image-38305 \" alt=\"Oh, and yeah there was some hitting going on!\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/050-1024x717.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oh, and yeah there was some hitting going on!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Azusa Pacific University) \u2013 The Black squad rallied to beat Brick 21-20 Saturday in the annual Azusa Pacific Spring scrimmage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[871],"tags":[3827,9366,8101,6833,7907,6832,8533,7040],"class_list":["post-38294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college","tag-andrew-elffers","tag-apu-spring-scrimmage","tag-azusa-pacific-football","tag-luke-marquardt","tag-maranatha-football","tag-nick-owens","tag-san-francisco-49ers","tag-victor-santa-cruz"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38294"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38307,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38294\/revisions\/38307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}